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Native Americans have a history that goes back millennia — rooted in generations of strength and resilience that continue to influence our world today.
Explore America's rich history in North Carolina with stops at Historic Bath, Somerset Place, Edenton, and more. A journey ...
The lost colony of Roanoke, settled in the late 1500s, mysteriously vanished without a trace. What happened to these early American colonists remains one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries.
Human history is full of mysteries, from the Ark of the Covenant to the story of Atlantis. But some, like the lost colony of Roanoke, are truly eerie. In the late 1500s, a group of colonists ...
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. In its heyday, the lodge played host to Victory ...
As the start of the school year inches closer, Roanoke County school leaders are raising the alarm about a federal education ...
Five years since the 2020 census, recently released population estimates show both opportunity and challenges for localities in the Roanoke and New River Valley.
Roanoke City Public Schools intends to hire its own nurses for the upcoming school year, with little or no expected cost impact compared to contracting the service from a local health care ...
A man was hospitalized after a shooting Saturday, June 28, according to Roanoke Police.
For years, people walking the Roanoke Greenway could hear the sounds of John Smiley’s music nearly every day. Smiley performed under the name the ‘Urban Hobo’.
Awful Arthur’s announced in a social media post Tuesday that it would be closing its doors after 30-plus years in Downtown Roanoke.
A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a meeting of the newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers ...